Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (, literally Saint-Michel of Maurienne; ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Geography

Climate

Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The station is located at an altitude of 700 m; due to its location on a leeward slope, there is significantly less precipitation than nearby areas. It is quite common to exceed 30 C in summer, sometimes the maximum temperature can reach 35 C, and in winter it is relatively rare to fall below -10 C. The average annual temperature in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne is 11.0 C. The average annual rainfall is 754.3 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.3 C, and lowest in January, at around 1.3 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne was 38.2 C on 19 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -16.6 C on 5 February 2012.

Population